By Mail On Sunday Reporter 10th April 2011
British Muslim radicals were among at least 61 people arrested in Paris today in connection with an illegal rally against France’s burka ban.
They included Anjem Choudary, the radical cleric who advocates sharia law for the UK and who calls British soldiers murderers.
Omar Bakri and Abu Izzadeen, who are also controversial figures, tried to get to the event but were stopped by police. Nineteen veiled women were arrested.
Radical: Anjem Choudary, a member of the pro-Islamic group 'Islam4UK', was among those arrested in France
A police spokesman said: ‘Muslim leaders from Britain and Belgium were among those detained as they travelled to the event.
‘The fear was that they would inflame the situation. This was an illegal rally calling for France’s burka ban to be scrapped and for sharia law to be introduced.’
Tensions are running high in France because of the law, which comes into force on Monday, banning all women from wearing Islamic face veils.
Women face fines of £130 and will get ‘civic duty’ guidance if they break the law, while men who force their wives or daughters to wear full veils will face up to a year in prison and fines of up to £25,000.
Tradition: Two Muslim women wearing burkas in Douai, northern France - something that will be illegal on Monday
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